“This leads to a haunting question. What else does the Bible not know about what it means to be human? If the Bible cannot be trusted to reveal the truth about us in every respect, how can we trust it to reveal our salvation? This points to the greater issue at stake here”
“Gender complementarity is the belief that the Bible’s teachings on gender and gender roles is to be understood in terms of the fact that men and women are equally made in God’s image (status) but different in terms of assignment (roles).””
“Regardless of what people in other ancient societies may have thought about the inferiority of women, those who embraced Genesis 1 believed that men and women are equal in human dignity because God made male and female in his own image (Gen 1:27). At several points, Vines asserts that whereas those who””
“Vines’s book makes it seem that the only way to show care for people struggling with homosexuality is to accept their sinfulness. Christians throughout the ages, however, have believed that love requires a tender call to repentance. A life devoid of repentance is a life devoid of Christ. If Christians follow Vines’s attempt to reverse the church’s moral position on homosexuality, their loving call to repent of sin will be silenced, and the grace of Jesus Christ to change people will be obscured.””
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“Vines fails to understand that in a fallen world the strength of our sinful desires is a demonstration of our guilt, rather than our innocence.””
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.””
“On The Way""I will tread down a lonesome trackSet my eyes on the wild and won't look backI will follow where my heart reactsVenture out to the great unknownFind a place where I can feel alive againThrow caution to the windI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayClimbing up from the valley belowSeeing places and faces I've never knownI will follow to the open roadThrough the trees 'til I see the sunNow I know that I can feel alive againThrow caution to the windI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayStep by step, I come aliveLift my head up to the skiesWon't look back, I'll chase the sunLive the life I'm dreaming ofI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet on the wayI'll find my feet(Hollow Coves)””
“I don’t suppose you’ve ever lost your wits over anyone.” He gave her a wry look. “I’m at a baronet’s Christmas house party in the wilds of Derbyshire. Frozen solid most nights and obliged to listen to Mrs. Lanyon lament the passing of Prince Albert most days. I think I’ve lost more than my wits.””